Excavating-scoop.



UNITED -sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

oTHopM. BRILEY, oE AMES, IowA.

ExoAvATlNG-scoop.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application led March 7, 1906- Seral No. 304,763.

. and exact description of the'invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

My invention relates to improvements in scoops, and more especially to that class of excavating-scoops which are mounted upon wheels; and my obj ect is to provide means for holding the scoop in its elevated position after the same has been filled.

A further object is to provide a riding-seat for the operator;

Other objects and advantages will be made clearly apparent in the accompanying speci; ication and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of a scoop, showing my improved attachment applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section therethrough.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, -1 indicates a carrying-axle having depending portions 2 at each end thereof, and 3 represents wheelscarried at the outer ends of said axle. Rigidly secured to the axle 1 are arms 4, said arms projecting in front ofthe axle to form supporting members 5 and are directed together on the opposite side of the axle and have secured between their outer ends a tilte ing lever 6. A scoop of the usual or wellknown form is swung below the axle 1 by means of links 8, said links being pivotally secured at one end to the members 5 and at the opposite` end to the lfront portions of the scoop 7. A tongue9 is pivotally secured to said scoop, said pivot-points being the same as the pivot-points at the lower ends of the links 8. The rear endof the scoop 7 is provided with a keeper 10, with which is adapted to engage the lower end of a bar 11, said bar being pivotally secured between the adjoining ends of the membersv 4, the extreme lower end of the bar 11 being provided with a latch12, which engages the keeper 10 when desired. The extreme upper end of the bar 11 is bentat right angles thereto and formsa support for a seat 13. In order to hold said latch in position to engage the keeper 10, I

employ aL spring 14, one end of which is secured to the under side of the seat and the opposite end to the lever 6, by which means said4 latch is normally held in the path of said keeper.

In operation when it is desired tovfill the scoop the latch 12 is disengaged from the keeper 10 and the lever 6 moved upwardly and the scoop lowered into engagement with the earth, &c., and after said scoop has been filled by driving the team forward the lever 6 is again lowered and the scoop elevated until the latch again engages the keeper 10, thus locking the scoop in its elevated position. The driver then mounts the seat and the contents of the scoopvmove'd to a desired dumping place, when the driver dismounts and dumps the contents of the scoop by elevating the lever 6.

If desired, the upward and forward movement of the lever 6 may be continued until the latch 15 on the curved arm 16 engages a keeper 17, also placed on the rear end of the scoop, in which'position the scoop is ready to be moved from place to place. If, however, the driver desires to ride, the lever 6 is lowered to the position-shown in the drawings, when the driver can again mount the seat and return for another load.

1. In a scoop of the class described, the combination with an axle having wheels at its outer ends; of a scoop pivotally secured' to said axle, arms rigidly secured to said axle,

secured-between said arm-s, a seat carried at the upper end of said bar, a latch at the lower` end of said bar, a keeper carried by the'scoop adapted to engage said latch, and means to direct said latch into engagement with the keeper. v

2. The combination with a scoop having a carrying axle and wheels thereon; of arms rigidly secured to said axle, a bar pivotally secured between said arms, a latch at the lower end of said bar, a seat secured at the upper, end thereof, a keeper on saidv scoop, and means to direct said latch into engagement with said keeper.

3. The hereindescribed attachment for scoops comprising the combination with a scoop and a supporting-frame therefor; of a IOO bar pivotally secured to said frame, a seat at In testimony whereof I have signed my the upper end of said bar, a latch at the lower mame to this specification in the presence of' end thereof adapted to engage the keeper on two subscribing Witnesses. the scoop, and a spring secured at one end to OTHO M. BRILEY.

5 the frame and at the o poste end to the bar Witnesses:

adapted to direct said etch into engagement GEO. W. OBRIEN, with the keeper. J. R. BRADLEY. 

